Pardew expects FA action over Meyler headbutt

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has denied headbutting Hull’s David Meyler in a touchline altercation at the KC Stadium on Saturday but conceded he would be “stupid” not to expect the Football Association to come down hard on him in the coming days.

Pardew was sent off in the 72nd minute of a contest his team went on to win 4-1, referee Kevin Friend adjudging the Magpies boss to the be main aggressor in an ugly tussle sparked when Meyler barged into the 52-year-old while attempting to retrieve the ball for a throw-in.